CVE-2024-20804 Path traversal in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2024-20804?

CVE-2024-20804 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Samsung Android, published on 4 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Path traversal vulnerability in FileUriConverter of MyFiles prior to SMR Jan-2024 Release 1 in Android 11 and Android 12, and version 14.5.00.21 in Android 13 allows local attackers to write arbitrary file.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20804?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Samsung Android, Samsung Myfiles.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20804?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-20804 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Exploited High 7.3
• CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4
• CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Exploited Medium 6.4

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wj25-93rv-m5jr.